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Three of the Greats of Victorian Geology

If you understand the geology of an area generally speaking, then you can walk through almost any valley or hill. Two hundred years ago, nobody had that understanding of a large chunk of unclassified rock type known as the Greywacky until some pioneers took on the laborious task of deciphering and mapping them. Sedgwick was the son of Anglican vicar in the Pennines who wins a scholarship to Cambridge to read maths. Roderick Murchison is a very different character, ex-soldier.

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